Texture of Alumina by Neutron Diffraction and SEM-EBSD

E. Guilmeau; Catherine Henrist; Tohru Suzuki; Yoshio Sakka; Daniel Chateigner; D. Grossin; B. Ouladdiaf

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.495-497.1395

Paper Titles

The Texture Effect on Diffusion Barrier Property on TiN Films between Copper and Si Wafer
p.1371

Texture Investigation in Cu Damascene Interconnects during Annealing
p.1377

Epitaxial Growth of Textured YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ Films on Silver
p.1383

Texture Development in Nd-Fe-V Alloys by Hot Deformation in View of Permanent Magnet Properties
p.1389

Texture of Alumina by Neutron Diffraction and SEM-EBSD
p.1395

Product and Component Grain and Domain Textures in Ferroelectric Ceramics
p.1401

Effect of Hot Working on the Microstructure and Thermoelectric Characteristics of (Bi, Pb)-(Sr, Y)-Co-O Oxide
p.1407

The Correlation of Texture and Microstructure to the Corrosion Resistance of Tin Coatings
p.1413

The Role of Special Boundaries during Solidification and Microstructure Evolution in Lead Free Solder Joints
p.1419

HomeMaterials Science ForumMaterials Science Forum Vols. 495-497Texture of Alumina by Neutron Diffraction and...

Texture of Alumina by Neutron Diffraction and SEM-EBSD

Abstract:

The orientation distributions of α-Al2O3 textured ceramics are determined from neutron diffraction and SEM-EBSD. A curved position-sensitive detector coupled to a tilt angle (χ) scan allowed the whole neutron diffraction pattern treatment in the combined Rietveld-WIMV-Popa algorithm. Analyses from neutron and electron diffraction data gave similar results if EBSD data are smoothed to account for grain statistics. Four textured alumina ceramics were prepared by slipcasting under a high magnetic field and sintered at 800°C, 1300°C, 1400°C and 1600°C. The inverse pole figures and EBSD-mapping highlights the influence of the magnetic field and sintering temperature on the texture development. The inverse pole figures calculated for the fiber direction show a major (001) component for all the samples. With the increasing sintering temperature, the texture strength is enhanced and the c-axis distribution is sharper. The effectiveness of the combined approach for determining the crystallite size is also evident. As a global trend, the calculated crystallite size and observed grain size are similar and increase with the increasing sintering temperature. The mechanism of the texture development in the sintered specimens is certainly initiated from the preferred orientation of the green body after slip-casting under a high magnetic field. The basal texture is enhanced during sintering by selective anisotropic grain growth. We evidenced here the powerfulness of the Rietveld texture analysis correlated to SEM-EBSD calculation to provide a basis for the correlation of texture, microstructural parameters and anisotropic properties.